Early scholarly reconstructions of the Globe Theatre tended
to assume that it looked like a normal Tudor building, with
heavy half-timbering.

There is indeed some evidence that the construction used
standard Tudor timbers, since the Globe was constructed from
the same timber that was used for the Theatre-- dismantled in
the night and taken to the new site because the lease on the
land had expired.

However, the important sketch of the Swan, part of which
is reproduced here, shows clearly that the major pillars have
been made to look like classical columns.